An animatronic Disney villain is intended to be a little scary in itself, but when that villain loses its head, it becomes borderline terrifying.

On Sunday the head of the robotic Ursula on a "Little Mermaid" ride at Disney's California Adventure became partially detached from the body of the buxom animatronic. Those on the ride watched as the cranium dangled haphazardly off the still-moving body of the octopus-woman robot.

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Twitter user @dizzzymissy recorded the Sunday ordeal, writing that she was caught off guard "because Disney is usually so critical over things like this."